Famana Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Famana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Famana (17) may also be a first name.
Famana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Famana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Famana (Hindi: फमना, Marathi: ामना, Russian: Фамана) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Famana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Famana live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Famana is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 67 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent reside and Benue, where 15 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Famana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Famana in the Marathi language | ||
| ामना | amana | 66.67 |
| फामना | phamana | 33.33 |
| Famana in the Hindi language | ||
| फमना | phamana | 50 |
| फमाना | phamana | 50 |
| Famana in the Russian language | ||
| Фамана | famana | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Famana
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